Wave turner



F. H. BULLIS WAVE TURNER Filed May 1, 1922 gmveufoz fiwzizlz'n hf Bul 5151;; his flltol wud Patented July 3, 1923.

warren sra I FRANKLIN H. BULLIS, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK."

WAVE TURNER.

Application filed May 1,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN H. Burns, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wave Turners, of which the following is a specification such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and "use the same.

This invention relates to wave turners and particularly to apparatus of this class adapted for use in connection with steamboats, ships, vessels and the like, and the object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the class described which is adapted to be mounted in connection with a ship, boat or the like in such manner as to be moved into operative position whenever desiredto catch the waves produced by the progress of a ship, boat or the like through a" Water-way and to turn said waves backwardly toward the ship or to break the formation thereof; a further object being'to provide means for moving said apparatus into operative and inoperative positions and for holding the samein such positions; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in an apparatus of the class and for the purpose specified which is simple in construction, efiicient in use and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. g

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of a ship, boat or the like showing four of my improved wave turners mounted in connection therewith;

Fig. 2 apartial section onthe line 2-2 of Fig. 1 on 'an enlarged scale andill ustrating the method of using one of my 1mproved apparatus; p

Fig. 3 a view looking in tllG'CllI'GCtlOIl of theiarro-w 3 of Fig.2; and,

44: of Fig. 3 and on an enlarged scale. 1

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, I have diagram-' ma'tically indicated at 5 a steamship, boat, vessel or the like and have indicated four of my'imp'roved wave turning apparatus 6 Fig. 4 a sectional detail view on the line' 1922. Serial No. 557,650.

positioned thereon, two of said-apparatus. being located at the front end portion of, the ship and on the opposite sides thereof to break and turn the waves generated at the sides of the ship in the progress thereof, and the other two of said apparatus being located adjacent to the rear portion of the ship and on the opposite sides thereof.

It is the commonpractice onships of va- .8

rious kinds and classes to provide a guard rail 7 which projects beyond the hull of the vessel at a predetermined distance abovethe water line and, in practice, my improved wave turning apparatus is mounted in connection with said guard rail, and irr Figs. 2, 3 and 1 of the drawing, I have shownone of my improved wave turning apparatus 6.

on an enlarged scale and indetailp.

My improved wave turning. apparatus 6, as shown in the accompanying drawing, comprises an oblong. rectangularplat'e member 8 pivotally mounted in connection with.

and suspended from theguard rail7 as shown at 9, three of'these pivots beingpref erably employed, one at each end ofthe plate 8 and one approximately centrally thereof, andthe inner face of the plate 8 is. preferably curved upwardly and "in! wardly as shown at 10 in Fig.9 of the draw.-

ing, and thisplate forms the wave turningme-mber or element of the apparatus, and may be moved into operative and inopera-" tive positions by a suitable operating mecha- I11SII1.

The operating mechanism for the plate 8 comprises a' shaft 11 mounted'in suitable bearings 12 suspended from the guard rail 7,'said shaft being driven by a hand wheel, crank'or the like on the shaft 13 extending" upwardly through the guard rail with a beveled gear 14 which meshes with a similar gear 15 on the shaft 11. Apawl and'ratch'et construction 16 is alsoemployed onthe'h'and wheel, crank or the like on the shaft13 for holding the same against movement in'one direction, and it will be noted,'on a consideration of Fig. 3 of the drawing, that"for-' wardly directed brace rods 17' are employed for reinforcing the plates in the GVBIlt'Of said plate strikinglogs or other foreign matter in the water.

Pivotally mounted in connection withthe inner face of the plate 8 adjacent to the ends 7,

ed onthe shaft 11 between the separate parts of the bearings 12 and rollers are employed for holding the racks 18 in engagement with the pinions 19, said rollers being mounted in the bearings 12 above the pinions 19. v

The operation of my improved wave turning apparatus will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement. It will be understood that normally the wave turning plate 8 will be held in the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing, or in an inoperative position while the ship is traveling at seat or in open water-way, but in entering a harbor or in traveling through a river or other comparatively narrow water-way where the waves generated or produced by the progress of move said plates into operative positions by the rack members 19.

By reason of the upwardly and inwardly curved inner faces of the plates 8 of the apparatus, the waves generated or produced by the progress of a ship through a waterway, such as above set out, will be caused to turn inwardly toward the ship as indicated at w in Fig. 2 of the drawing, in other words, the plates 8 of the separate apparatus employed will operate to break up and destroy the waves produced by the ship in its progress through a water-way.

It will be noted that the plates 8 are so mounted as to be directed forwardly and backwardly so as'to not retard the progress of the ship when in use, and while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into effect, it will be apparent that I am not necessarily limited to these details, nor am I limited to any specific location or mounting of the apparatus in connection with a ship, boat or the like, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made within the scope of the ap pended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its ad vantages.

Having fully described my invention,

, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. A wave turning apparatus of the class described comprising a wave turning ele ment, means for movably mounting said element in connection with a ship or the like, and into operative and inoperative'positions, said wave turning element being curved'con cavely upwardly and inwardly on the inner face thereof to turn waves produced by said ship inwardly in the direction of the ship.

2. A wave turning apparatus of the class described, adapted to be mounted in connection with a ship or the like and located at a predetermined distance from the hull thereof and comprising a pivoted wave turning clement, devices pivoted to the end portions of said element and by means of which the same may be moved into predetermined positions, a shaft mounted in connection with the ship, and means on said shaft inconnectlon with which said devices cooperate whereby the rotation of said shaftv will operate said devicesto move said element into predetermined positions. I

A wave turning apparatus of the class described, adapted to be mounted in con nection with a ship or the like and located at a predetermined distance from the hull thereof and comprising a pivoted wave turning element, devices pivoted to the end portions of said element and by means of which I the same may be moved into predetermined positions, a shaft mounted in connection with the ship, and means on said shaft in connection with which said devices cooperate whereby the rotation of said shaft will operate said devices to move said element into predetermined positions, and means for rotating said shaft. v

1. A wave turning apparatus of the class described, adapted to be mounted in connection with a ship or the like and located at a predetermined distance from the hull thereof and comprising a pivoted wave turning element, devices pivoted to the end portions of said element and by means of which the same may be moved into predetermined positions, a. shaft mounted in connection with the ship, means on saidshaft in conwherebv the rotation of said shaft will operate said devices to move said element into predetermined positions, and means for rotating said shaftcomprising a crank geared in connection with said shaft.

5. A wave turning apparatus of the class described, adapted to be mounted in. connectionwith a ship or the like andlocated at a predetermined distancefrom the hull thereof and comprising a pivoted way turning element, devices pivoted to the end portions of said element and by means of which the same may be moved into redetermined posi-' tions, a shaft'mounted in connection with the ship, means on said shaft in connection with which said devices cooperate whereby the rotation of said shaft will operate said devices to move said element into predetermined positions, means for rotating said shaft comprising a crank geared in connection with said shaft, and means forreinforcing said element.

6. A Wave turning apparatus of the class described, adapted to be mounted in connection with a ship or the like and located at a predetermined distance from the hull thereof and comprising a pivoted wave turning element, devices pivoted to the end portions of said element and by means of which the same may be moved into predetermined positions, a shaft mounted in connection with the ship, means on said shaft in connection with which said devices cooperate whereby the rotation of said shaft will operate said devices to move said element into predetermined positions, and means for rotating said shaft comprising a crank geared in connection with said shaft, and the inner face of said element being curved inwardly and upwardly, toward the hull of the ship.

v 7 A wave turning apparatus of the class described comprising a wave turning element pivotally mounted in connection with and suspended from a stationary support, operating devices pivotally mounted to said element, one face of said element being curved concavely upwardly and inwardly, and means for operating said devices for moving said elements into different positions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 27th day of April, 1922.

, FRANKLIN H. BULLIS. 

